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[–] [email protected] 78 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I love this idea. The reason people continue using Windows is because they're used to it. Messing with the Start button is going to piss off even the most patient users. Not to mention it'll be an absolute nightmare for any IT department. Just imagine an army of Karens calling your hotline first thing on Monday morning, yelling at you because you took away the Start button. It'll make Windows 8 look like a huge success.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They already fucked with start menu and search and it's already a problem for IT. I can't find any app I got installed unless I spell it out right, and even then it might work with just 3/8 letters in but no further.

Sometimes I just click through program files cause it's faster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

For some fucking brilliant reason, searching update shows discord, so to find updates I have to spell it wrong

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Back to cluttering the desktop with shortcuts to everything it is then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

sometimes you can't find an application even when you spell it out correctly, hafta go through the apps list to find them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel like things like Classic Shell (or whatever the go-to alternative is nowadays) are just going to make bank from enterprise customers suddenly wanting to make their desktops usable for the average user.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Doubtful. It's hard enough to get programs past our security team and having half malware bundled programs like this won't be an easy task.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol, what? There is no malware in classic shell, or start11 or explorer patcher. Wtf are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tell that to dumbass IT "managers" that think a process monitor is a hacking tool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

i remember some game refusing to launch just because i had it installed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Openshell on github. I don't know that it's the same code, but I'm pretty sure the Classic Shell website linked to it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They tried fucking with it on Windows 8 and that worked out so great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

tbh i liked the win8 start menu

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Which is why this is obviously just a shitty clickbait headline. Have you read the article? Nobody is planning to replace the start button but they could and that's enough for tech "journalism" these days.